diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/PagedResourcesAssemblerArgumentResolver.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/PagedResourcesAssemblerArgumentResolver.java
index 7db819a30..a0fcd9ebe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/PagedResourcesAssemblerArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/PagedResourcesAssemblerArgumentResolver.java
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ public class PagedResourcesAssemblerArgumentResolver implements HandlerMethodArg
 	public Object resolveArgument(MethodParameter parameter, ModelAndViewContainer mavContainer,
 			NativeWebRequest webRequest, WebDataBinderFactory binderFactory) throws Exception {
 
-		Link linkToMethod = linkBuilderFactory.linkTo(parameter.getMethod(), new Object[0]).withSelfRel();
-		UriComponents fromUriString = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(linkToMethod.getHref()).build();
-
+		UriComponents fromUriString = resolveBaseUri(parameter);
 		MethodParameter pageableParameter = findMatchingPageableParameter(parameter);
 
 		if (pageableParameter != null) {
@@ -94,6 +92,22 @@ public class PagedResourcesAssemblerArgumentResolver implements HandlerMethodArg
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Eagerly resolve a base URI for the given {@link MethodParameter} to be handed to the assembler.
+	 * 
+	 * @param parameter must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return the {@link UriComponents} representing the base URI, or {@literal null} if it can't be resolved eagerly.
+	 */
+	private UriComponents resolveBaseUri(MethodParameter parameter) {
+
+		try {
+			Link linkToMethod = linkBuilderFactory.linkTo(parameter.getMethod(), new Object[0]).withSelfRel();
+			return UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(linkToMethod.getHref()).build();
+		} catch (IllegalArgumentException o_O) {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns finds the {@link MethodParameter} for a {@link Pageable} instance matching the given
 	 * {@link MethodParameter} requesting a {@link PagedResourcesAssembler}.
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/PagedResourcesAssemblerArgumentResolverUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/PagedResourcesAssemblerArgumentResolverUnitTests.java
index d04609e09..122c50d56 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/PagedResourcesAssemblerArgumentResolverUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/PagedResourcesAssemblerArgumentResolverUnitTests.java
@@ -128,6 +128,18 @@ public class PagedResourcesAssemblerArgumentResolverUnitTests {
 		assertRejectsAmbiguity("noMatchingQualifiers");
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATACMNS-419
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void doesNotFailForTemplatedMethodMapping() throws Exception {
+
+		Method method = Controller.class.getMethod("methodWithPathVariable", PagedResourcesAssembler.class);
+		Object result = resolver.resolveArgument(new MethodParameter(method, 0), null, null, null);
+
+		assertThat(result, is(notNullValue()));
+	}
+
 	private void assertSelectsParameter(Method method, int expectedIndex) throws Exception {
 
 		MethodParameter parameter = new MethodParameter(method, 0);